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John Oliveira was born 1995 in Toronto. He graduated from Ryerson University in 2020 and worked for 4 years as a retail manager at Rexall pharmacies in both Ajax and Pickering. In 2024 he was accepted into the Ischool at the University of Toronto to an Information Science Degree in Archives and Record Management.

The fonds of John Oliveira document his personal and professional endeavors from the years 2018-2025. This fonds presents his work as a writer from notes all the way to the first printed draft of his novel Andreas' Children. It also documents his time at the University of Toronto spent earning his information science degree in archives and records management. Finally due to the amount of amateur recordings he has done, this fonds documents his hobby as an amateur guitarist and musician.

Fonds reflects Rachel Fry’s work in libraries and archives, personal records, and educational background. There are three series in the fonds are based on these three categories and functions. The fonds consists primarily of digital files in PDF, JPEG or .docx formats with some textual records. Work files include: correspondence; contracts; and other materials. Personal files include: correspondence; photographs; notebooks; and financial records. Educational background include: completed assignments; planning documents; lecture notes; and reading notes.

These personal records compose an open collection which consists primarily of the creative works of Kagan Pittman produced from 2019 to the present. The collected records reflect their hobbies including amateur nature photography, poetry, paintings and painted miniatures, pottery, and professional modeling work. The Photography series includes images produced using their mobile phone, between 2019 and the present and includes images in PNG format. The Poetry series is comprised of multimedia records including born digital documents of Microsoft Word Files and analogue paper documents produced across several devices and two personal journals produced between 2022 and the present. Painted works include two paintings on canvas and 60 painted miniatures of display value to the creator dated 2022 to present. Clay pottery pieces are included exemplifying further exploration in physical medium arts, however exact dates for their production are approximated. The final series includes edited photograph copies of Kagan's modeling, produced with Alkan Photography who holds the unedited originals that are not permitted for release as per their contract with Kagan Pittman (2025). Each of these art forms are considered as separate hobbies which Kagan explored in various times of their life and are actively contributing to given the open nature of the fonds, with additional entries anticipated in each. As such, the fonds and each series is organized according to chronological order of production when dates are available, and the order in which it was received by the creator regarding undated materials and physical items, including painted works and pottery, submitted with more broad likely dates of creation. Born digital documents are stored in hard drives while physical media are assigned to related boxes. All material is arranged chronologically when dating information is available and organized according to received order otherwise, for the purpose of preserving original order.

Fonds consists of records relating to Heather Kenny's education, personal interests in photography and journaling, and professional activities from 2010 to 2025. Her records are arranged alphabetically in five series; files and items are arranged chronologically. Her photographs span the scope of this fonds and document her friends, family and travels. Physical and digital textual records consist of personal and professional correspondence; research notes and drafts on school subjects of history, anthropology and information sciences; Book club records; and her personal journals and planners from 2020 to 2025.

Fonds consist of academic, professional, and personal work produced by Ellis over the course of a 15-year period. The majority of these records pertain to Ellis's schoolwork and note taking practices, beginning with her high school enrolment in September 2010 and proceeding up until April 2025. Also included are draft notes and correspondences regarding her freelance editing work, as well as a select collection of Ellis's artwork.

Materials include digital text files, audio recordings, notebooks, email transcripts, canvas paintings, and drawings both loose and bound. The records are arranged into 3 series.

Fonds consists mainly of records documenting Victoria Kwok’s professional life as a food writer and researcher. Education records include coursework, notes, transcripts, photographs and diplomas. Her professional records are divided into four series, which include research notes, manuscripts, correspondence, photographs and interviews. As part of her research, she is also a keen collector of culinary ephemera, which include menus and advertisements. They are included in the Reference series.

The Age Friendly GIANTs fonds contains digital records related to the planning, administration, and deliverables created as a part of the Phase 1 (2017) digital storytelling workshop, as well as the Phase 2 (2019) expansion of this project into other events and programs aimed at seniors and older adults in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Records consist of administrative materials including meeting minutes, applications, and contracts; promotional materials such as advertisements, press releases, news articles, posters, and handbills; records related to running programs and events including blank handouts, tip sheets, slideshows, event-related notes and photographs, and feedback forums; final versions of digital storytelling videos; and educational resources including fact sheets and an education toolkit. Formats largely consist of Word documents (.docx) and Adobe PDF files (.pdf), with a substantial amount of Quicktime videos (.mov) and MPEG-4 Media Files (.mp4), as well as some SubRip Subtitle Files (.srt), JPEG files (.jpg), and Portable Network Graphics (.png).

The fonds consist of the personal and professional records of Aaron Wickberg, produced between 2008-2025 in China, Taiwan, and Canada. Records cover his artistic and academic career, alongside his personal life. Records are divided into four series by topic, covering correspondence, theatrical performances, academic writing, and personal tabletop notes and creations. The records include both digital and physical materials, with essays, recorded performance footage, notes, and email correspondence as the chief documentary forms.

This fonds consists of multimedia records documenting Jason Kahei Wong’s music works, public life, and personal affairs in Hong Kong. The records predominantly reflect his experiments in composing classical guitar music in alternative genres. In particular, his original scores and live performance videos showcased the soundscape and versatility of nylon-string guitar that was not considered possible. Another focus of this fonds are the records about his religious life. A considerable amount of textual materials document the worldview he developed through bible study sessions with his peers, who tried to make sense of biblical principles with Chinese norms and values. On a large part, these records serve as an important segway to understanding Wong’s position and point of view in the 2019 Hong Kong Protest. This fonds includes a series of political essays written by Wong. They reported on key events that took place during the Protest and expressed his visions for truth, justice, and harmony. The research materials for the essays feature first-hand interviews, photographs, and videos of petitions sites. There are also records of Wong’s education in the form of journals, course notes, papers, and graphical materials.

This fonds consists of the private records of Katherine Robertson, a student at the University of Toronto, dating back to around the beginning of her high school studies in 2011 up to 2025. The majority are documents related to school activities, starting with Cedarbrae Collegiate Institute, continuing through her HBA at the University of Toronto Scarborough, and leading into her graduate studies at the Faculty of Information. There is significant documentation related to the development of her paper “Myth and Conflict Under the Solomonic Dynasty” for publication, from its initial creation as a course paper, to her presentation at the annual conference of the Canadian Society of Medievalists, and the ongoing preparation of the paper and its accompanying volume with De Gruyter. Katherine’s correspondences are made up largely of emails regarding school activities, employment, and events of personal interest, with some physical mailed copies of admissions and tax documents. There are some employment and volunteer-related documents from her work with the Toronto District School Board and Entertainment Partners Canada Inc. The fonds also contains some of Katherine’s government documents, mainly financial records, as well as documents of her personal interests.
Materials in the fonds are both digital and physical, and include copies of assignments, research notes, annotated course readings and lecture materials, admissions and enrollment-related documents, event and extracurricular ephemera, manuscripts, publisher specifications, PDFs of emails, physical letters, CVs/resumes, work contracts, timesheets, T4s, personal notes, collected recipes, photographs taken by Katherine, and images saved for reference or inspiration. The fonds has been arranged into the following series:

1. School
2. Research and Publication
3. Work and Volunteering
4. Personal Interests
5. Government Documents
6. Correspondence